Phrase: "Under the weather"

[Kuba]

Test No. errors/elem-7 "Prepositions", question 5

I'm feeling a little below the weather today and I just don't know what's wrong with me.

(a) I'm feeling
(b) below
(c) with

Test No. errors/elem-7 "Prepositions", answer 5

I'm feeling a little under the weather today and I just don't know what's wrong with me.

Correct entry: under
The error was: (b) below
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Is my answer correct?

Kuba

[Torsten]

Yes Kuba, if you are lacking energy or you are a bit sad, you are under the weather.
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[Jon]

There are some verb not used as -ing format:

want like belong remember need love see realize mean forget prefer hate hear believe

It is feel one of these?? (so feeling would be incorrect)

thks !!

[Torsten]

Hi alumn@,

Feel is not a stative verb which means it can be used in progressive tenses. By the way, not all the verbs you have listed are completely stative -- realize, see, hate and hear can be dynamic too. As for the verb "love", I'm sure you have heard the slogan of one the biggest companies in the world? If they can use the verb in present progressive, why can't their customers?
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[Yankee]

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Quite a few verbs which are typically thought of as stative also have dynamic meanings and usages. But even with a stative meaning, some of these verbs are also sometimes used in progressive tenses.

The test sentence could also be written as "I feel a little under the weather". The meaning of the verb feel is stative. The use of the simple present tense is correct and many grammar books will tell you that you may not use the progressive form here. However, this does not reflect common usage. It is quite common to also use the progressive form, especially in informal spoken English. I'd say there are a number of reasons that native speakers do this. In many cases, the use of the progressive with a stative verb reflects a change of state or a changing state. It may also simply emphasize the currentness of a particular state.

The appropriate use of stative verbs in progressive forms can be quite difficult for non-native speakers to learn.
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[Lost_Soul]

Hi, Amy

To my astonishment I discovered the other day that want and mean cannot be used in the simple continuous tenses, but can be used in the perfect continuous tenses.

i.e.
I have been meaning to call you back all this week
I have been wanting to buy a new car since my last one broke down.

But we can't say
I am meaning to call you back
I am wanting to buy a new car

Do you agree with this point (made by Murphy)